Mil V-7

V-7
Role	Experimental tip-drive helicopter
Manufacturer	Mil
First flight	1959
Introduction	1959
Status	Experimental
Number built	1

The Mil V-7 was an experimental four-seat helicopter with AI-7 ramjets at the tips of the two rotor blades. ^[1] It had an egg-shaped fuselage, skid undercarriage, and a two-bladed tail rotor on a short tubular tail boom. Four aircraft were built in the late 1950s, but only one is known to have flown, with only the pilot aboard. ^[2]

Specifications

Data from The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995 ^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 3 passengers
• Empty weight: 730 kg (1,609 lb)
• Gross weight: 835 kg (1,841 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Ivchenko AI-7 ramjets, 0.549 kN (123.5 lbf) thrust each
• Main rotor diameter: 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)

See also

• List of experimental aircraft

References

1. Simpson, R.W. (1998). Airlife's helicopters and rotorcraft. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN   978-1853109683.
2. Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey. p. 235. ISBN   1-85532-405-9.